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Baltasar Gracian

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Baltasar Gracian
Age: 57 †
Born: 1601
Born: January 16
Died: 1658
Died: December 6
Jesuit
Philosopher
Writer
Belmonte de Gracian
Balthasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracian
Baltasar Gracián y Morales
Men
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Age
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
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Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
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Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
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Have Friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
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Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.
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Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.
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A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
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Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.
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